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| Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: Six, 11-12 November 2017 — Lot 196, gloss-black "Black Swan" 1019, case 1'985'480, movement M'209'980, III.68 caseback, riveted Oyster with 58 end-links. ~~Hammer~~ '''CHF 150,000''' against estimate CHF 70,000-100,000. One of three known Black Swan dials.

| Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: Six, 11-12 November 2017 — Lot 196, gloss-black "Black Swan" 1019, case 1'985'480, movement M'209'980, III.68 caseback, riveted Oyster with 58 end-links. Sold for '''CHF 150,000''' against estimate CHF 70,000-100,000. One of three known Black Swan dials.

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===Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: Six, 11-12 November 2017, Lot 196 — the record===

Gloss-black "Black Swan" 1019, case 1'985'480, movement M'209'980, III.68 caseback (1968 production), riveted Oyster bracelet with end-links stamped 58 (max length 200mm). Estimate CHF 70,000-100,000. ~~Hammer~~ CHF 150,000 ~~incl. premium~~. The only six-figure 1019 result on the public record and the lot every other 1019 auction essay benchmarks against. Phillips's lot essay: "only three are known to date."

Gloss-black "Black Swan" 1019, case 1'985'480, movement M'209'980, III.68 caseback (1968 production), riveted Oyster bracelet with end-links stamped 58 (max length 200mm). Estimate CHF 70,000-100,000. Sold for CHF 150,000. The only six-figure 1019 result on the public record and the lot every other 1019 auction essay benchmarks against. Phillips's lot essay: "only three are known to date."

===Antiquorum Hong Kong, 28 May 2022, Lot 351-159 — CERN silver===

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===Phillips New York Watch Auction Six, June 2022, Lot 28 — NOS Mk2 black===

Case 6'159'055, movement M'712'519, c.1979, factory caseback sticker intact. Estimate USD 25,000-50,000. ~~Hammer~~ USD 69,300. The cleanest documented NOS-black result and proof that factory-fresh 1019s pulled premium pricing in the modern market.

Case 6'159'055, movement M'712'519, c.1979, factory caseback sticker intact. Estimate USD 25,000-50,000. Sold for USD 69,300. The cleanest documented NOS-black result and proof that factory-fresh 1019s pulled premium pricing in the modern market.

===Phillips Geneva Watch Auction XVII, May 2023 — CERN silver===

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The 1019's CERN association lives at the dial-specification level, not at the documented-procurement level. The non-luminous silver dial existed as a Rolex catalog option and the operational rationale is sound: radium and tritium beta-decay produce scintillation noise in radiation-sensitive equipment, and a non-lume dial removes the source from the wearer's wrist. The CERN-spec dial sits across c.1964-c.1969 production in the documented record; no documented CERN-spec 1019 from the 1970s or later has appeared, suggesting the spec petered out after the first decade as CERN's instrumentation evolved.

The closest documented institutional CERN-Rolex link is the 1956-era 6541 testing program, in which CERN independently verified Rolex's 1,000-gauss anti-magnetic rating. CERN ~~became operationally commissioned~~ in ~~1956~~ and the Rolex relationship is well-attested through Phillips's editorial chain. The 1019's CERN association is downstream from this institutional history. The same Rolex-CERN relationship that produced the 6541 testing partnership continued, with the CERN non-luminous spec carried over into the 1019 dial menu, but no individual CERN-issued 1019 has been documented with procurement records.

The closest documented institutional CERN-Rolex link is the 1956-era 6541 testing program, in which CERN independently verified Rolex's 1,000-gauss anti-magnetic rating. CERN was established in 1954, with the laboratory site under construction from 1955. and the Rolex relationship is well-attested through Phillips's editorial chain. The 1019's CERN association is downstream from this institutional history. The same Rolex-CERN relationship that produced the 6541 testing partnership continued, with the CERN non-luminous spec carried over into the 1019 dial menu, but no individual CERN-issued 1019 has been documented with procurement records.

Defensible prose framing: "CERN-specification dial offered as a Rolex catalog option through c.1964-c.1969, with operational logic consistent with radiation-detector environments, but no documented CERN procurement of specific serial numbers."

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-| Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: Six, 11-12 November 2017 — Lot 196, gloss-black "Black Swan" 1019, case 1'985'480, movement M'209'980, III.68 caseback, riveted Oyster with 58 end-links. Hammer '''CHF 150,000''' against estimate CHF 70,000-100,000. One of three known Black Swan dials.
+| Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: Six, 11-12 November 2017 — Lot 196, gloss-black "Black Swan" 1019, case 1'985'480, movement M'209'980, III.68 caseback, riveted Oyster with 58 end-links. Sold for '''CHF 150,000''' against estimate CHF 70,000-100,000. One of three known Black Swan dials.
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 ===Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: Six, 11-12 November 2017, Lot 196 — the record===
-Gloss-black "Black Swan" 1019, case 1'985'480, movement M'209'980, III.68 caseback (1968 production), riveted Oyster bracelet with end-links stamped 58 (max length 200mm). Estimate CHF 70,000-100,000. Hammer CHF 150,000 incl. premium. The only six-figure 1019 result on the public record and the lot every other 1019 auction essay benchmarks against. Phillips's lot essay: "only three are known to date."
+Gloss-black "Black Swan" 1019, case 1'985'480, movement M'209'980, III.68 caseback (1968 production), riveted Oyster bracelet with end-links stamped 58 (max length 200mm). Estimate CHF 70,000-100,000. Sold for CHF 150,000. The only six-figure 1019 result on the public record and the lot every other 1019 auction essay benchmarks against. Phillips's lot essay: "only three are known to date."
 ===Antiquorum Hong Kong, 28 May 2022, Lot 351-159 — CERN silver===
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 ===Phillips New York Watch Auction Six, June 2022, Lot 28 — NOS Mk2 black===
-Case 6'159'055, movement M'712'519, c.1979, factory caseback sticker intact. Estimate USD 25,000-50,000. Hammer USD 69,300. The cleanest documented NOS-black result and proof that factory-fresh 1019s pulled premium pricing in the modern market.
+Case 6'159'055, movement M'712'519, c.1979, factory caseback sticker intact. Estimate USD 25,000-50,000. Sold for USD 69,300. The cleanest documented NOS-black result and proof that factory-fresh 1019s pulled premium pricing in the modern market.
 ===Phillips Geneva Watch Auction XVII, May 2023 — CERN silver===
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 The 1019's CERN association lives at the dial-specification level, not at the documented-procurement level. The non-luminous silver dial existed as a Rolex catalog option and the operational rationale is sound: radium and tritium beta-decay produce scintillation noise in radiation-sensitive equipment, and a non-lume dial removes the source from the wearer's wrist. The CERN-spec dial sits across c.1964-c.1969 production in the documented record; no documented CERN-spec 1019 from the 1970s or later has appeared, suggesting the spec petered out after the first decade as CERN's instrumentation evolved.
-The closest documented institutional CERN-Rolex link is the 1956-era 6541 testing program, in which CERN independently verified Rolex's 1,000-gauss anti-magnetic rating. CERN became operationally commissioned in 1956 and the Rolex relationship is well-attested through Phillips's editorial chain. The 1019's CERN association is downstream from this institutional history. The same Rolex-CERN relationship that produced the 6541 testing partnership continued, with the CERN non-luminous spec carried over into the 1019 dial menu, but no individual CERN-issued 1019 has been documented with procurement records.
+The closest documented institutional CERN-Rolex link is the 1956-era 6541 testing program, in which CERN independently verified Rolex's 1,000-gauss anti-magnetic rating. CERN was established in 1954, with the laboratory site under construction from 1955. and the Rolex relationship is well-attested through Phillips's editorial chain. The 1019's CERN association is downstream from this institutional history. The same Rolex-CERN relationship that produced the 6541 testing partnership continued, with the CERN non-luminous spec carried over into the 1019 dial menu, but no individual CERN-issued 1019 has been documented with procurement records.
 Defensible prose framing: "CERN-specification dial offered as a Rolex catalog option through c.1964-c.1969, with operational logic consistent with radiation-detector environments, but no documented CERN procurement of specific serial numbers."